Government home heating oil subsidy must be meaningful, John O’Dowd says Stormont’s Finance Minister wrote to the Treasury last week seeking a financial intervention over energy costs. Evening Standard · Mar 16
O’Dowd calls for direct support for customers hit by home heating oil price rise The Finance Minister said the powersharing Executive does not have the financial ‘firepower’ to fund any relief scheme. Evening Standard · Mar 10
Costco Just Announced Deals On These 3 EVs If you're a big-shot Executive Member, you can save up to $1,250 on these cars. If you're a peon with a regular membership, you get $1,000 off. InsideEVs · Mar 7
How the Supreme Court's Conception of Its Role Contributes to the Deformation of the Constitution The Court's law-declaration approach not only departs from its dispute-resolution premise but risks yielding a faulty product. Reason · Mar 5
The Role of Delegation Theories in Deforming the Constitution The Supreme Court's approaches of assuming agency authority to issue legislative rules and of prohibiting Congress from delegating to itself have resulted in an enormous transfer of power to the Executive. Reason · Mar 4
Finance Minister: Stormont’s £390m boost recognises NI public service strains John O’Dowd said the Executive would use the additional funding ‘wisely’ but it also serves as a ‘recognition of the pressures this Executive faces’. Evening Standard · Mar 3
How Unstated Legal Ideas Have Deformed the Constitution In the "three buckets" picture of the structure of the federal government, a federal entity that is not part of Congress or part of the judiciary must inevitably be in the Executive Branch. Reason · Mar 2
Executive Order Excluding Federal Agencies from Collective Bargaining Requirements Was Wrongly Enjoined, Ninth Circuit Holds From today's opinion in Am. Fed. of Gov't Employees v. Trump, by Judge Daniel Bress, joined by Judges John Owens… The post Executive Order Excluding Federal Agencies from Collective Bargaining Requirements Was Wrongly Enjoined, Ninth Circuit Holds appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Feb 26
S. Ct.'s Tariff Opinion Now Available Read it here. I'm just starting it. From the syllabus (which is not a part of the Court's opinion, but… The post S. Ct.'s Tariff Opinion Now Available appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Feb 20
Extra £400m to support health and education in Northern Ireland Finance Minister John O’Dowd said the reserve claim from the Treasury would be repaid over three years. Evening Standard · Feb 11
Stormont Executive agrees £55m for public sector pay awards and infrastructure The biggest allocation of £18.3m is going to the Department of Health. Evening Standard · Feb 6
Stormont leaders ‘prioritising division over delivery’ two years in Opposition leader Matthew O’Toole was speaking on the second anniversary of the restoration of devolved government in Northern Ireland. Evening Standard · Feb 3
Michelle O’Neill says Keir Starmer ‘got it wrong’ on Northern Ireland funding ‘To tell us to get on with it isn’t good enough,’ the Northern Ireland First Minister said after an East-West Council meeting. Evening Standard · Jan 22
We need to get budget right, says Little-Pengelly Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has claimed the proposed budget is ‘not sufficient’. Evening Standard · Jan 8
Evening Standard · Jan 6 NI’s Finance Minister publishes draft budget despite ongoing impasse over plan The DUP rejected John O’Dowd’s spending proposals as ‘deeply flawed’.
Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2025 Stormont’s top challenge is ‘severe underfunding of public services’ – O’Neill Michelle O’Neill accused the Labour Government of making ‘false promises of a new dawn’, but ‘following Tory austerity’.
Evening Standard · Dec 30, 2025 Northern Ireland was on ‘cusp of new beginning’ with Stormont return in 2000 Officials held an away-day ahead of the return of the powersharing institutions in May 2000.
Evening Standard · Dec 28, 2025 NI house builders warn of ‘bleak’ future because of crumbling wastewater network A representative body has warned that some companies are already planning to wind up operations because of an inability to secure water connections.
Evening Standard · Dec 19, 2025 Sinn Fein accused of ‘misinformation’ around funding for teachers’ pay Education Minister Paul Givan also said he can give a pay increase of up to 4% for teachers.
Evening Standard · Dec 17, 2025 Stormont Executive agrees to set aside £119m for PSNI data breach payouts The Executive is also understood to be continuing to discuss plans for its first multi-year budget in more than a decade.
Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2025 ‘Panto season’ hits Executive amid row between ministers over budget The Executive is expected to meet on Tuesday following budget tension between Education Minister Paul Givan and Finance Minister John O’Dowd.
Reason · Dec 5, 2025 Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Birthright Citizenship (This Time for Real) The justices grant certiorari before judgment in one of the two cases challenging the Trump Administration's attempt to narrow birthright citizenship via executive order.
Evening Standard · Nov 27, 2025 NI minister warns against additional revenue-raising on back of Budget Gordon Lyons said such measures would target working people in the region who were already being ‘hammered’.
The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025 Budget ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle rising cost of living – O’Neill Northern Ireland’s First Minister said instead of ‘real action’ to bring down bills, many will now face higher tax bills in the year ahead.
Evening Standard · Nov 26, 2025 Budget does not go far enough in public service investment – Stormont minister Stormont Finance Minister John O’Dowd said Rachel Reeves’ spending plan ‘strengthened the need’ for fiscal devolution in Northern Ireland.